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if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is to be a further cut in british troops with a few hundred soldiers. but native troops still far outnumber the afghan troops. what is needed to hand over a village like this to the local troops altogether? >> a regular police presence. that's what we need. regular patrolling. people of confidence to be able to come and talk to the police. >> but in this village, the police seemed willing to help themselves to food, just like a taliban. they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two
if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is to be a further cut in british troops with a few hundred soldiers. but native troops still far outnumber the afghan troops. what is needed to hand over a village like this to the local troops altogether? >> a regular police presence. that's what we need. regular patrolling. people of confidence to be able to come and talk to the police. >> but in this village, the...
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council's mandate in libya however both sides praised joint efforts in battling the drug problem in afghanistan saying the corporation is showing signs of success. and right now an update about breaking news on the passenger ferry that sank on the riba volga in russia's republic of tatarstan one hundred sixty nine people have been rescued from the vessel but at least one woman is dead and that leaves three people unaccounted for and the emergency is ministry has deployed teams to the scene in the effort to save those who are missing at the moment and it's not yet known how the vessel got into trouble before sinking in twenty meter deep water so the double decker ship called the area was built in one nine hundred fifty five inches. on to some more of today's world news in brief now there has been violence in bangladesh show but trying to constitution to make the predominantly muslim regional secular police use tear gas to disperse angry islamist protesters at least fifty or forty injured. remains the fish the government has removed a colonel stating absolute faith and trust and. an israeli airst
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years into today's headlines was in iraq afghanistan and most recently libya of old plague unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important. the creation of the or soon are you sure in the minds of people. which schools program but for whatever reason so-called international community. do anything about it. some might say the journey from simply needs it to benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destinations carriers are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. and of course there are more stories online at our homeland let's see what else is there right now. while there are reports of widespread death and devastation from blast in turkmenistan big government claims it's nothing more than a harmless by working with that. and find out why more than eleven million what five have been blacklisted and banned by giant web search engine google. russia has called the natives of corporate more over security
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scales in two thousand and seven as hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as the u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as our team is going to reports there is concern washington could keep covering for its hired killers like this iraqi man son nine year old arab league. khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot life they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her retake human rights violations includin
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participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings. how have the people of norway reacted to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks yes well police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway which shots immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history. ok bushell thank you for that update. well for more on the possible motives behind the attacks let's cross live now to keith harmon snow u.s. based war correspondent and dependent investigator i thank you for joining us on r.t. . can you can you hear us actually yes you can yes officials in norway have described the attacks as the work of a mad m
participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings. how have the people of norway reacted to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks yes well police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway which shots immediately after the blast and roads...
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troops in southern afghanistan. then, representative thaddeus mccotter announces his candidacy for president. >> tune in to c-span this independent state. panelists discuss if the united states can remain united. >> at the political level, we are more divided. you look at partisan polarization at any point since the civil war and reconstruction. >> then, religion, bonds, and the death penalty. later, nixon white house insiders discuss his foreign policy. this monday on c-span. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> david axe was imbedded with the u.s. army in afghanistan. it is his fourth visit to the country. he spent time with the 4th airbourne, patrolling in remote areas and engaging the security situation. obama announced a plan to bring 10,000 troops home from afghanistan by the end of the year. >> it depends on where you are. my experience is in the east. i have a little experience in the south. in the south, there is a lot of open combat. this is the headquarters of the taliban. >> in the east the vi
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interest in afghanistan. it does not want to have a hostile afghanistan at its back. and, therefore, whether it wants to or not have to take responsibility for afghanistan. the american goal is that al qaeda should not be in afghanistan, but al qaeda is in yemen, somalia and cleveland trend what the point is if you look at south asia, do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the pakistan-afghan to really be the most dangerously unstable part of the world? >> guest: i would not quote them as dangerous and stable part of the world. i think iran is potentially more, but it's not worth having -- it is certainly, the question had to get back into shape? de- stabilizing pakistan to the point that it collapses i don't think would create the security, making it the responsibly of pakistan, you know, make it what it is the it is a more interesting outcome. but the problem is that we have to ask more fundamental question. why are we in afghanistan, what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one upholding key a
interest in afghanistan. it does not want to have a hostile afghanistan at its back. and, therefore, whether it wants to or not have to take responsibility for afghanistan. the american goal is that al qaeda should not be in afghanistan, but al qaeda is in yemen, somalia and cleveland trend what the point is if you look at south asia, do you disagree with those who consider pakistan and the pakistan-afghan to really be the most dangerously unstable part of the world? >> guest: i would not...
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army in afghanistan. it is his fourth visit to the country. he spent time with the 4th airbourne, patrolling in remote areas and engaging the security situation. obama announced a plan to bring 10,000 troops home from afghanistan by the end of the year. >> it depends on where you are. my experience is in the east. i have a little experience in the south. in the south, there is a lot of open combat. this is the headquarters of the taliban. >> in the east the violence depends on where you are. these to have strong relationships with kabul, with a lot of traffic. today, these are what i call, bombing galleries, where the coalition troops and a large coalition presence is trying very hard to like this town in order to protect this. but every step that they take, they are threatened. thousands every year, that are killing hundreds of native troops, and many times the number of afghans. as we move closer to the border, and you had se, the threat will change. this is not so much ied's because there is less vehicle traffic. the coalition soldiers and
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ambassador, have you lived in afghanistan? guest: i grew up in afghanistan. i was educated in afghanistan. i received my master's degree in afghanistan and have worked in afghanistan. caller: what is the price of fuel in afghanistan for gas and diesel? guest: for a gallon, is the equivalent of -- is the equivalent of $1.20. caller: $1.20 a gallon? last week on c-span, a u.s. representative from ohio quoted that gasoline costs $400 a gallon. i am glad there is no corruption in the united states but they are paying $400 a gallon for fuel. i do not think they're buying it from afghanistan. guest: you announced me a question about how much of the gasoline price is. i gave you the answer for the cost in the afghanistan market. -- you asked me a question about how much of the gasoline prices. where they get from, i do not know. the purposes they are using the gas for, i also do not know. the price i am giving you is the price in the local markets. host: this question is from twitter about secret talks going on with the taliban. do you feel the taliban should be par
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military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically u.s. . so many military and security functions to these security companies they are not regulated in that they are not control and this is what we have extremely concerned that we have coleen is for relation to the national at the international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so for seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which states are actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out of. what experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniform forces to do the official fighting and then thousands
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if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is to be a further cut in british troops with a few hundred soldiers. but native troops still far outnumber the afghan troops. what is needed to hand over a village like this to the local troops altogether? >> a regular police presence. that's what we need. regular patrolling. people of confidence to be able to come and talk to the police. >> but in this village, the police seemed willing to help themselves to food, just like a taliban. they did find a taliban and decisions-in a melon patch. -- a taliban munitions patch they were sniping at the soldiers operation we joined. the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two
if i protest, they say you support nato. >> this is what progress lookalike in afghanistan. so much so, there is to be a further cut in british troops with a few hundred soldiers. but native troops still far outnumber the afghan troops. what is needed to hand over a village like this to the local troops altogether? >> a regular police presence. that's what we need. regular patrolling. people of confidence to be able to come and talk to the police. >> but in this village, the...
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal that after the soviet forces withdraw from afghanistan the real wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti soviet jihad in the late seventy's and this is the main political military and security wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal b of their blow back off its own policy back in late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. the russian pilots taking to the skies in small airplanes have long been grounded by unimaginable about some people work recently at the center there has dropped some of the rebels to clear in the runway for more frequent flights over many obstacles that remain before it's the golden age for us in small aviation these yes that's nice but that's the experience. dozens of pilots swinging their way across russia for the second annual cuban air show the most small
commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal that after the soviet forces withdraw from afghanistan the real wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti soviet jihad in the late seventy's and this is the main political military and security wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal b of...
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political and military moves drove after this sort of forces withdraw from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti so i'm going to jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political deal with saran security and wondered where the united states has committed the industry would you the united states is doomed to deal be have been blowback of its own policy back in the late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. now russian the pilots taking to the skies and small airplanes have long been grounded unimaginable amount of paperwork but recently adopted law has drawn some of the people of those who are in the runway from what we could flights however many obstacles remain before it's that the rage for us is a nation he sets and he's belittling states. dozens of pilots swing their way across russia for the second annual cuban air show from the small aircraft enthusiastic perfect chance to meet other pilots and to enjoy the beautiful scenery . he took us almost eight hours to get their views with by metasta
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then let's move on to afghanistan. there came a time when it -- by the way, if you have not read about the account of what a few hundred special forces and armed cia people did in a few weeks in afghanistan after a sit-in for 11th, it is really worth reading. basically destroyed the camps, just a few hundred of them, including some wonderful cavalry horse charges. it's quite a story. but, in 2003 in the united nations says we need to know start stabilizing afghanistan. native took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find yet another fault line developing. vendettas of fall line whose so-called caveat. some european allies simply did not wish to make war. it wanted areas where there were no shootings. others didn't want to fight at night. some didn't want to fight unless they have helicopters and so on. there were all these roles. we started to see folks who wanted to send soldiers out into the field consulting checklists to see what soldiers you could send out and what you could not. so this starts to develop.
then let's move on to afghanistan. there came a time when it -- by the way, if you have not read about the account of what a few hundred special forces and armed cia people did in a few weeks in afghanistan after a sit-in for 11th, it is really worth reading. basically destroyed the camps, just a few hundred of them, including some wonderful cavalry horse charges. it's quite a story. but, in 2003 in the united nations says we need to know start stabilizing afghanistan. native took over the...
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so that so-called precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently did libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of the. scenario for make sure that in the minds of most people. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons the so-called international community didn't do anything about it. sin might say the journey from sitting needs such a benghazi via baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in northwest ukraine has killed sixteen people fire crews battle the flames for five hours and managed to rescue eleven people from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide forty three remain in a grave condition the authorities are now investigating the cause of the fire but early reports say it was not started deliberately. tur
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but the united nations says nato took over the afghanistan campaign. and there we find another find of the coffee out. it turns out -- caveat. it turns out some allies simply do not wish to make more where there were no shooting battles. some did it one to fight unless they have helicopters there were all of these rules than pretty soon we started to see the folks who wanted to send soldiers out to the field to have almost insulting checklist so this starts to develop in buy the way i am very careful when a make a statement about the caveat because i don't mean in any way to cut down on the bravery of the troops who are helping us americans out there. and the germans are not very willing to fight because of a historical precedent. it is very difficult for the germans to get over second world war history. please don't and feud any other motive into that. so now you have a copy ought with afghanistan where we're not prepared to use the allies because it is a different kind of four in technology have left them behind and estonia started to do something th
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its own security ever present mention of relative frame some progress was being made the situation in afghanistan is also high on major joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country were said to be bearing fruit just a point there are still common view in the campaign libya as concerns remain that the security council's mandate is being overstepped its. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years it was axed by its medium where following the phone hacking scandal public outrage flared this week has claimed that journalists intercepted phone calls from murder victims and dead soldiers families. from recess where docs rest is now lost its longstanding community around britain's prince who leads. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime minister it you know they won it an
its own security ever present mention of relative frame some progress was being made the situation in afghanistan is also high on major joint efforts to battle drug trafficking in the country were said to be bearing fruit just a point there are still common view in the campaign libya as concerns remain that the security council's mandate is being overstepped its. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years it was...
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from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly it has got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work with but in the end those two countries have to make decisions together about how to be more secure. >> welcome the fact that peace negotiations a
from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his...
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only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and in libya i think you know we can just feel it you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the true nature of the mirthful are the treaty organization. and an update on our main story of the tragedy in central russia after a pleasure cruiser sank with one hundred eighty five on board in the river volga and tartar ston six people are now known to have died and search and rescue efforts continue for the almost one hundred people that still remain unaccounted for the vessel called the bulgaria reportedly sank within three minutes of getting into difficulty and it was three kilometers from the shore when it went down it's thought to have been carrying people on a weekend a sightseeing break some survivors were picked up and have been taken to prison for treatment i wouldn't says say a storm is likely to be to blame for the sinking while others suggest a failure of the both engines although that has not been confirmed. to other news that now brit
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well as the us and its allies prepared sheeple thousands of troops out of afghanistan washington's turns its sights to the home front america's new counterterrorism strategy calls for refocus of resources to combat domestic terror threats before more i'm joined live from the u.s. capitol by lawrence wilkerson who served as chief of staff to former secretary of state colin powell many fans of being with us here on our see you know do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted as the. threats of domestic terror we need growing in the us. i don't think so i do think that the situation in afghanistan and for that matter in iraq based on strategic necessity we caused a disaster in the persian gulf by destroying the balance of power between iran and iraq and we are now that balance of power so we're not leaving iraq any time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan we destabilize pakistan we stayed too long we lingered too long we've drone strike into the into the pocket proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such a powd
well as the us and its allies prepared sheeple thousands of troops out of afghanistan washington's turns its sights to the home front america's new counterterrorism strategy calls for refocus of resources to combat domestic terror threats before more i'm joined live from the u.s. capitol by lawrence wilkerson who served as chief of staff to former secretary of state colin powell many fans of being with us here on our see you know do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted...
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base be closed but man as is a crucial strategic hub for supplying coalition troops in afghanistan. the issue of the american presence became a bare faced bargaining chip in talks between the black kiev government and the us state department as such u.s. cargo planes continue to take off from curtis territory. those crooks should have been brought to justice instead they contest elections we the young people of the cookies republic have been under the yoke of corrupt regimes for years we have fed up with the continuing cycle of deceit we have taken part in the latest revolution to topple the criminal regime and pay for it in our blood. in two thousand and ten rallies in central bishkek became just as routine as the changing of the guards kurdistan's political life gathered strength following the second revolution it took scores of political parties only a few months to emerge on the political scene in order to contest parliamentary seats. the prospect of new elections inspired both hope and anxiety it was obvious to many that those who lost might stir up the people to take to the st
base be closed but man as is a crucial strategic hub for supplying coalition troops in afghanistan. the issue of the american presence became a bare faced bargaining chip in talks between the black kiev government and the us state department as such u.s. cargo planes continue to take off from curtis territory. those crooks should have been brought to justice instead they contest elections we the young people of the cookies republic have been under the yoke of corrupt regimes for years we have...
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from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly it has got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work with but in the end those two countries have to make decisions together about how to be more secure. >> welcome the fact that peace negotiations a
from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his...
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it so that simple precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important in the creation of the. scenario from a tour in the minds of most people. was a drama which was preventable but for whatever reason. international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling made such a big r.c.v.s. baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of major road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination carriers are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. now there are more stories online for you i thought r.t. dot com that's what else is that right and there are. lots of widespread deaths and devastation lasts and turkmenistan government claims it's nothing more than a harmless why working incident. and find out why a woman in the oven million websites blacklisted data like on a web search engine google. the powerful earthquake has hit japan prompting pairs of a tsunami pa
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only military bloc it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can this feel with you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel and the treaty organization. russia has condemned in nato for its continuing military action in the foreign minister sergey lavrov said that bombing the country to force colonel gadhafi to step down is a cynical a political game with too many civilian lives at stake when the who would so nato is bombing libya longer that it was bombing yugoslavia several years ago and there is no end in sight it's obvious that politics is a cynical matter we hear from the western capitals that the bombing should go on until gadhafi backs off but the human cost of these political statements is very high in the political used to be there to the focus remains on the table and to our bridge and as r.t. speaks to the syrian deputy foreign minister with his views on the best way out of his country's crisis. fresh sex case against the former internatio
only military bloc it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can this feel with you know minor points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of the merkel and the treaty organization. russia has condemned in nato for its continuing military action in the foreign minister sergey lavrov said that bombing the country to force colonel gadhafi to step down is a cynical a political game...
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want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of engagement in iraq right now where they can defend themselves without getting prosecuted by the iraqi courts because of the security agreement that the iraqi government right now is trying to sign that either a new agreement which i doubt they'll do but they'll come up with some type of memorandum of agreement to have trainers in iraq in two thousand and twelve and beyond but those trainers and going to be authorized to protect you know security you know the embassy personnel the embassy has to make its own agreements with the g. eight it with the government of ira
want to keep private armies on the ground in iraq and afghanistan. well i mean it's a good it's a good question for iraq i mean the troops are going from fifty thousand or you know just under fifty thousand right now to nothing basically you know by the end of the year and so this you know the embassy doesn't rely on the military for their security after two thousand and eleven for the military to do that they need to sign a new security agreement because this the u.s. forces have rules of...
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and its allies prepared so you pull thousands of troops out of afghanistan and washington's turns its sights to the home front the americans do count ten to. he calls for a refocus of his the says to combat the nest of terror threats before more i'm now joined live from the u.s. capital by lawrence a well said he was chief of staff to form a section of state colin powell many kinds of being with us here on do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted is the threat of domestic terror we need growing in the us. i don't think so i do think that the situation and i plan to stand up for that matter in iraq based on strategic city we caused a disaster in the persian gulf by destroying the balance of power between iran and iraq and we are now that balance of power so we're not leaving iraq any time soon we may say we are but we're not in afghanistan we destabilize pakistan we stay too long we lingered too long we have drone strike into the plot into pakistan proper so we're destabilizing pakistan and it is probably never been so fragile and such powderkeg as it is today an
and its allies prepared so you pull thousands of troops out of afghanistan and washington's turns its sights to the home front the americans do count ten to. he calls for a refocus of his the says to combat the nest of terror threats before more i'm now joined live from the u.s. capital by lawrence a well said he was chief of staff to form a section of state colin powell many kinds of being with us here on do you think that this change in security strategy is warranted is the threat of domestic...
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back to afghanistan, perception is reality. the difference between transitioning to afghan control in a reasoned way and withdrawalling from the fight is american is important. the perception i am finding on the ground that the announcement of the president is more of a withdrawn than transition. that has to be corrected or it could jeopardize the whole operations. remember what iran is up to. remember what syria is up to. remember what the taliban and our al-qaeda want. they want to dominate this region, to destroy what we're fighting for. which is basic freedom. we are in a titanic struggle with unsave sorry characters -- unsavory characters. the outcome does matter to us. if we win and help the people, we're all safer. if the people fight back in the region are overtaken by the forces we'll all pay a price. a lot is at stake. >> i agree, and i just want to add on the fourth of july weekend, we're here because we were attacked from here on 9/11. and if we don't succeed here, and the taliban comes back in to power, we'll be at
back to afghanistan, perception is reality. the difference between transitioning to afghan control in a reasoned way and withdrawalling from the fight is american is important. the perception i am finding on the ground that the announcement of the president is more of a withdrawn than transition. that has to be corrected or it could jeopardize the whole operations. remember what iran is up to. remember what syria is up to. remember what the taliban and our al-qaeda want. they want to dominate...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandal. it's contractors that were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished companies do an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about a double its private army to replace departing meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but it's also use a guy name to report so it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain fell to the ground between life on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot right trigger happy u.s. professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone if you'd seen no one of blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the noto
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandal. it's contractors that were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished companies do an even bigger role in afghanistan with the u.s. about a double its private army to replace departing meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but it's also use a guy name to report so it's more convenient for the...
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yes go ahead you because nato has a lot on each conscience to if we go back to call civil and we got afghanistan ok go ahead does god you're saying i'm not a nasa sign the study is saying because some people were shot in tripoli although this wasn't publicized i take his word for it some people were shot in tripoli in february some people were shot on that basis nato the mighty the sole power block in the world can then proceed to launch a war of eleven thousand missions including four and a half thousand strike missions because it declares the resolution protect all not bases why i cannot nato intervened anywhere in a little you any time has any government sure anybody threat to kill people in but i was a threat to kill people and others it was imminent it was imminent people who were out of the ways in which are much time i think we're wasting too much time i don't mind even the last word on margaret's last word of this program go ahead. first of all jim i'm sorry to tell you that you have absolutely no credibility in your argument whatsoever the whole entire world says this on all networks fr
yes go ahead you because nato has a lot on each conscience to if we go back to call civil and we got afghanistan ok go ahead does god you're saying i'm not a nasa sign the study is saying because some people were shot in tripoli although this wasn't publicized i take his word for it some people were shot in tripoli in february some people were shot on that basis nato the mighty the sole power block in the world can then proceed to launch a war of eleven thousand missions including four and a...
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only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can do this for you with your reminder of points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of american morning really organisation. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world is saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years paper was axed by its media mogul owner of having a phone hacking scandal public outrage this week has claims emerged that journalists intercepted phone calls to where the victims and their soldiers' families are missed from reese says rupert murdoch's press has now lost its longstanding community among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime ministership you know they won it and then you find in the ne
only military force it's one that is in charge of the two major wars in the world right now those in afghanistan and libya i think you know we can do this for you with your reminder of points of contention but i think we should not be confused about what the nature of american morning really organisation. britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world is saying it's fun farewell to its readers after hundred sixty eight years paper was axed by its media mogul owner of having a phone...
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presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of the civilian casualties there are believed to be from taliban. well the taliban certainly is. to itself and certainly has killed a lot of afghans also done a lot of harm but remember the taliban is somewhere around fifteen to eighteen thousand strong in southern and eastern afghanistan so not a major part of the population but it's more of the mindset of trying to control things so basically as the taliban comes into the peace process comes into the afghan government the taliban will begin to reconcile itself with the population and become more co
presence in the southern afghanistan so by the u.s. leaving you're going to see the taliban basically not want to fight as much because they're supposed to be fighting it's kind of conspiracy and afghan peace process take place because afghans generally speaking don't want to silly fight with each other they just simply want to live in coexist for the most part when i'm away but then how do you reconcile that a lot of the civilian casualties that have been reported over the last year a lot of...
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and live from moscow now barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but i want to use it lauren that list finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture but as there's no way in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels is worth your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we had anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of the military might that's not that different mark democracy never come by a clinician democracy never come by mi
and live from moscow now barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but i want to use it lauren that list finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture but as there's no way in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year...
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in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract is. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically you know as. so many military and security functions to these security companies they are not regulated in that they are not controlled and this is were we are extremely concerned that what we are calling is for relation to the national at the international level so that. companies are accountable but washington is reluctant to lead an international body regulate their activities saying
in afghanistan it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine call the show horses counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract is. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on...
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talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. and always intelligence service says there's no evidence that it's connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he was part of a wider mission was loyal insists he is insane and didn't know what he was doing. reports his immigration message is one that has chilling echoes across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people and does prevent the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and even though the staunchest of hardliners condemned great pics horrific actions anti immigration sentiment is growing across europe other groups express their condolences and then are quick and separate themselves from also quick to lay blame left wing politicians which they. are responsible because they allowed immigration happen and effectively pushed the sky to the edge it's a cr
talking about the impact the war is having on afghanistan's civilian population. and always intelligence service says there's no evidence that it's connected to far right extremists in norway or elsewhere thirty two year old who admits killing seventy six people last friday claims he was part of a wider mission was loyal insists he is insane and didn't know what he was doing. reports his immigration message is one that has chilling echoes across europe. and ethnic hatred that led to the...
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started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai brother well for more on these latest developments some are joined from chicago by steven lemon a progressive radio news host and author stephen the half brother and a kid of the afghan president both killed in less than a week because i was saying just as the u.s. hands over power to local forces in parts of the country what do you make of the timing of this. i think the timing is mostly accidental but i recall an early article i wrote. several years ago i called it the over the last war and i mentioned that it was for. a president not only a story with a small security detail and not be practical the marine division to go and see him . to go to rehear fully but if he came up with a small security. agent he would last five minutes how about the resistance if ghana's want to liberate their country. or they'll take any opportunity they came here to target any of fish or if you were able in any tour group to really comes out no one woul
started handing over control of some of afghanistan's provinces to local security forces and less than a week after the assassination of president karzai brother well for more on these latest developments some are joined from chicago by steven lemon a progressive radio news host and author stephen the half brother and a kid of the afghan president both killed in less than a week because i was saying just as the u.s. hands over power to local forces in parts of the country what do you make of...
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and it's that simple precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of that. scenario for make sure in the mindful pool. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling made such a big azealia baghdad and kabul could now be traced as a kind of nato road map but as with any road paved with good intentions there is only one possible destination. castillo's r r t bosnia herzegovina back to our breaking news story now three people are now confirmed dead and more than one hundred people are still missing after a pleasure cruiser sinks with almost one hundred eighty five onboard the river volga and the russian republic of tatarstan search and rescue efforts have continued throughout the night dozens of survivors were picked up by a passing ship and taken to the public's capital because on and just friends
and it's that simple precedent can be traced through the years and into today's headlines bosnia iraq afghanistan and most recently libya have all played unwilling hosts to nato troops and u.s. imposed no fly zones it is very important and the creation of that. scenario for make sure in the mindful pool. was drawn aside which was preventable but for whatever reasons so-called international community didn't do anything about it. some might say the journey from sibling made such a big azealia...
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drawn out drawdown i despite the obama plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict with blood and money. also we look at how our free range cattle might help secure heart disease a groundbreaking new russian procedure. well denies of the pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs about and came after a number of ships were found to be damaged but activists condemning what they said was sabotage by israeli security forces the government or the greek government rather offered to deliver the supplies through israel but that proposal was rejected tel aviv in turn is sworn to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the flotilla british campaigner david helping who's been involved in transporting relief supplies to gaza so i don't see how his own vessel was attacked once in the same way or that full interview
drawn out drawdown i despite the obama plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict with blood and money. also we look at how our free range cattle might help secure heart disease a groundbreaking new russian procedure. well denies of the pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs about and came after a number of...